Educational Technology
Say Hello to the Newest TLA on the Block – LMP
I noticed a reference to Moodle LMP in my Twitter stream tonight and, wondering what an LMP actually was, I ended up at this post by Mary Bold talking about upcoming conferences.
BlackBoard, Sakai and Moodle – Point/Counterpoint at Educause 2009
This very interesting discussion was held recently at the Educause 2009 Conference in Denver.
Social and cultural aspects of the Internet (PhD scholarships, Melbourne)
This is the content of an email that has been distributed about PhD Scholarships at RMIT University. For more information you can contact
Google Wave in a Sentence
Well it’s been a week since I was kindly sent an invitation to Google Wave. I have to admit that at first I was a little underwhelmed but since then, as I have started to add contacts, I I have started to see it’s potential. Before I talk a bit about it’s positives I would [...]
Comparing the Horizon Report 2009 and Horizon Report 2009 for Australia and New Zealand
The EDUCAUSE Horizon Report for Australia and New Zealand 2009 was published recently. I thought I would just compare the findings for Australia and New Zealand with those for the US Horizon Report 2009 published earlier this year.
Insidious Pedagogy – some thoughts on Lisa Lane’s article
I have just read Lisa Lane’s article in First Monday entitled “Insidious pedagogy: How course management systems impact teaching”. I really liked her paper, not least because it raised some issues that I hadn’t considered before regarding default settings in an LMS and the idea of opt in and opt out learning management systems. It [...]
Why my Personal Learning Network is Important to Me
Personal learning networks and personal learning environments are featuring highly as topics of discussion in e-learning and educational technology at the moment. I thought I would take the step into public self broadcasting and record a short video about why my PLN is important to me and some of the tools that I used to [...]
Public LMS Evaluations
Many universities are currently, or have recently, reviewed their enterprise LMS including my own employer. Unfortunately we haven’t made our review process public but many universities have been generous enough to provide information about their reviews. The following list are some of the publicly available LMS reviews that I have found. These were really useful [...]
PLEs, PLEs Me
I have just finished read a really interesting post by @mollybob on the growth model for personal learning environments (PLE). This coincided with reading @catspyjamasnz post on the relationship between a PLE and a PLN (personal learning network). It’s a subject that’s close to my heart at the moment as we consider the implications of [...]
22 Big Lists for Educators
A bit tongue in cheek this post but here is a list of big lists that might be useful for people interested in education, educational technology and e-learning. A fully expect that soon we will be having lists of lists of lists but there you go. These are some of the big lists I’ve bookmarked [...]


